Bill Text: IA HF359 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the modification of a bridge order issued pursuant to a previous child in need of assistance case. (Formerly HSB 108.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1039. [HF359 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF359-Enrolled.html
House
File
359
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Enrolled
House
File
359
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
MODIFICATION
OF
A
BRIDGE
ORDER
ISSUED
PURSUANT
TO
A
PREVIOUS
CHILD
IN
NEED
OF
ASSISTANCE
CASE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
232.103B
Child
in
need
of
assistance
cases
——
transfer
of
jurisdiction
pursuant
to
bridge
modification
order.
1.
A
juvenile
court
may
close
a
child
in
need
of
assistance
case
by
returning
jurisdiction
of
the
child’s
custody
to
the
district
court
through
an
order
modifying
issues
of
legal
custody,
physical
care,
and
parenting
time
if
all
of
the
following
criteria
have
been
met:
a.
The
child
has
been
adjudicated
a
child
in
need
of
assistance
in
an
active
juvenile
court
case,
and
a
permanency
order
is
in
place
in
that
case.
b.
Legal
paternity
has
been
established
for
the
child.
c.
The
child
is
safely
unified
with
a
parent.
d.
The
district
court
has
issued
an
order
concerning
custody,
physical
care,
and
parenting
time
regarding
the
child
and
the
order
is
in
place
at
the
time
of
the
filing
of
the
child
in
need
of
assistance
petition.
House
File
359,
p.
2
e.
The
juvenile
court
has
determined
that
the
child
in
need
of
assistance
case
can
safely
close
when
the
modified
district
court
order
for
custody,
physical
care,
and
parenting
time
is
in
place.
f.
Either
parent
has
qualified
for
a
court-appointed
attorney
in
the
juvenile
case.
2.
When
the
criteria
specified
in
subsection
1
are
met,
any
party
to
a
child
in
need
of
assistance
proceeding
in
juvenile
court
may
file
a
motion
with
the
juvenile
court
for
a
bridge
modification
order
as
described
in
subsection
1.
Such
motion
shall
be
set
for
hearing
by
the
juvenile
court
no
less
than
thirty
days
but
not
more
than
ninety
days
from
the
date
of
filing
of
the
motion.
The
juvenile
court,
on
its
own
motion,
may
set
a
hearing
on
the
issue
of
the
bridge
modification
order
if
such
hearing
is
set
no
less
than
thirty
days
from
the
date
of
notice
to
the
parties.
3.
Bridge
modification
orders
shall
only
address
legal
custody,
physical
care,
and
parenting
time.
All
other
matters,
including
child
support,
shall
be
filed
by
separate
petition
in
district
court,
and
shall
be
subject
to
existing
statutory
requirements.
4.
Upon
transferring
jurisdiction,
the
clerk
of
court
shall
docket
the
bridge
modification
order
in
the
current
district
court
custodial
order
court
file.
The
clerk
of
court
shall
not
assess
any
filing
fees
or
other
court
costs.
The
juvenile
court
shall
follow
the
previously
designated
listing
of
the
parties
as
petitioner
and
as
respondent
for
the
purposes
of
the
bridge
modification
order.
5.
The
district
court
shall
take
judicial
notice
of
the
current
child
in
of
assistance
case
related
to
the
bridge
modification
order,
as
well
as
any
prior
child
in
need
of
assistance
cases
relating
to
any
prior
bridge
orders
in
any
hearing
related
to
the
case.
Records
that
are
copied
or
transferred
from
the
juvenile
court
file
shall
be
subject
to
section
232.147
and
other
confidentiality
provisions
of
this
chapter
for
cases
not
involving
juvenile
delinquency.
Such
documents
shall
be
disclosed,
upon
request,
to
the
child
support
recovery
unit
without
a
court
order,
subject
to
any
statutory
confidentiality
provisions.
House
File
359,
p.
3
6.
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
be
construed
to
require
the
appointment
of
counsel
for
the
parties
in
the
district
court
action.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
359,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
